Hearts and Flowers Flower Vase

Looking for a great way to spruce up your home decor? This Hearts and Flowers Flower Vase pattern from Roseanna Beck is a great way to learn how to arrange silk flowers in a vase, especially one that is homemade! You can put it anywhere in your home, and it makes a great housewarming gift too!

Materials: 

• 1 skein each Jockey Red and White Red Heart 4-ply yarn
• 2 yards. each Petal Pink and Paddy Green Red Heart 4-ply yarn
• Small amounts of various 4-ply yarn colors (for around the vase)
• 1 sheet 10 ½” x 13 ½” 7-mesh plastic canvas
• 1 round 6” plastic canvas
• Tapestry Needle
• Assorted Silk Flowers
• 1 tin can approximately 4 ½” high x 3 ¼” diameter to fit inside of form
• Graph 1

SIZE: 4 ½” high x 3 ¾” diameter
 

Instructions: 

1. Cut one 28 x 78 holes.
    
2. Stitch as shown on graph.
    
3. Stitch all unshaded areas with white continental stitches.
    
4. Overcast top with red yarn.
    
5. Cut rows off round plastic canvas to fit, leave unworked and with red whipstitch top to bottom.
    
6. Insert tin can in center and fill with flowers.